Call For Papers

Supply Chain (SC) networks are in the midst of a significant technological shift driven by disruptive technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain. The convergence of these technologies is blurring the lines between physical operations and digital flows across SC networks, thus paving the way for the development of complex cyber-physical SC ecosystems. However, the operational effectiveness and efficiency of current SC ecosystems are hindered by several barriers like a) lack of data interoperability and information sharing, b) opportunistic behavior, c) lack of transparency and visibility and d) cyber-physical threats. As SC networks are becoming more sophisticated, highly disjointed, and geographically spread issues of security, resilience, business continuity, and integrity are gaining importance. By providing trust in distributed environments, blockchain has the potential to offer full transparency and visibility within SC ecosystems, build confidence in legitimate operations, safeguard products’ quality, reduce administrative costs and provide a trustworthy chain-of-custody for SC processes. Further benefits from the adoption of blockchain-enabled applications, and IoT in cyber-physical SC networks may relate to data interoperability, greater access to finance, auditability, integrity, and resilience.

The objective of this session is to collect and report on recent high-quality research that addresses different topics related to the adoption of blockchain, and IoT enabled applications in cyber-physical SC ecosystems with a particular focus on integrity, resilience, and security. High-quality contributions addressing related theoretical and practical aspects are expected that cover (but are not limited to) the following topics:

(1) Short papers (3‐4 pages) are also accepted.
(2) Please follow the instructions (https://seeda2019.unipi.gr/authors/) for the submission process and choose “Special Track 5…” for the Topic selection.